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La figura de Dante sobresale indiscutiblemente por encima de sus contemporáneos. A caballo entre dos siglos, la edad vieja, "duecento" , y la nueva, "trecento" , se funden en su obra. De la primera recoge la sutil temática "stilnovista" , irradiando su propia erudición en todos los campos del saber; del "trecento" manifiesta una concepción más moderna del gusto, un interés más directo por los clásicos y una visión más amplia de la vida moral. La composición de la "Divina comedia" ocupó los últimos quince años de la vida de Dante, convirtiéndose en un empeño de carácter científico, filosófico, teológico e histórico, a la vez que en una experiencia ascética que acomete el alma del poeta.

By bestselling author Brian Tracy, a revised and updated edition of this indispensable field guide to using military strategies to win in business and life. The modern world can be a battleground, but key strategies that have helped history’s great leaders triumph in military campaigns can also be used to achieve business and personal success. Brian Tracy is a leading authority on success and achievement, authoring bestsellers including Eat That Frog!, and raising millions toward advancement with his guidance. In this fully revised and updated edition of a classic, Tracy presents 12 core principles of successful military commanders and how to apply them in almost any situation and emerge victorious, including proven methods to: · Concentrate your strengths in the most effective way to reach your goals · Gather game-changing intelligence to determine the best approach · Decide when to go on the offensive vs. cover your bases · Exploit the element of surprise for maximum benefit Packed with Tracy’s transformative advice, Victory! arms readers with powerful skills and a practical road map to unlock their potential for greatness in business and in life.

A partir de ahora, la leyenda se hace realidad. El universo creado por Frank Herbert en su aclamada serie Dune, seguida por millones de lectores en todo el mundo, se amplia para descubrirnos, por primera vez, el episodio que le dio origen.Diez mil anos antes del nacimiento de Paul Atreides, del derrocamiento de un imperio, los ultimos humanos libres se rebelaron contra el dominio de las poderosas maquinas que los habian esclavizado. En Dune, la Yihad Butleriana se revela la historia de Serena Butler, la mujer que prendio la llama de esa rebelion. Se destapa la traicion que convertiria en enemigos mortales a la Casa Atreides yla Casa Harkonnen. Se desvelan los origenes de la hermandad Bene Gesserit, de los doctores Suk, de la Orden de los Mentat y la Cofradia Espacial. Y aparece un planeta olvidado, Arrakis, donde acaba de descubrirse la melange, la especia que puede cambiar el destino de miles de planetas...

We live in a world that’s obsessed with talent. We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music. But admiring people who start out with innate advantages leads us to overlook the distance we ourselves can travel. We underestimate the range of skills that we can learn and how good we can become. We can all improve at improving. And when opportunity doesn’t knock, there are ways to build a door. Hidden Potential offers a new framework for raising aspirations and exceeding expectations. Adam Grant weaves together groundbreaking evidence, surprising insights, and vivid storytelling that takes us from the classroom to the boardroom, the playground to the Olympics, and underground to outer space. He shows that progress depends less on how hard you work than how well you learn. Growth is not about the genius you possess—it’s about the character you develop. Grant explores how to build the character skills and motivational structures to realize our own potential, and how to design systems that create opportunities for those who have been underrated and overlooked.

Come inside a jury room as one juror leads a starkly divided room to consensus. Join a young CIA officer as he recruits a reluctant foreign agent. And sit with an accomplished surgeon as he tries, and fails, to convince yet another cancer patient to opt for the less risky course of treatment. In Supercommunicators, Charles Duhigg blends deep research and his trademark storytelling skills to show how we can all learn to identify and leverage the hidden layers that lurk beneath every conversation. Communication is a superpower and the best communicators understand that whenever we speak, we’re actually participating in one of three conversations: practical (What’s this really about?), emotional (How do we feel?), and social (Who are we?). If you don’t know what kind of conversation you’re having, you’re unlikely to connect.